Public Law 86–262

paragraph 1629 of the Tariff Act of 1930 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new subparagraph to read as follows:

“(d)“(d)

Tourist literature containing historical, geographic, timetable,

Tourist literature.

travel, hotel, or similar information, chiefly with respect to places or travel facilities outside the continental United States, issued by foreign governments or departments, agencies, or political subdivisions thereof, boards of trade, chambers of commerce, automobile associations, or similar organizations or associations.”

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This section shall be effective as to merchandise entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the day after the date of enactment of this Act.

Paragraph 1720 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended

Models of inventions.

(19 U.S.C., sec. 1201,

Works of the free fine arts.

par. 1720), is amended to read as follows:

“Par. 1720.

Models of inventions and of other improvements in the arts, to be used exclusively as models, or exclusively as exhibits in exhibitions at any college, academy, school, or seminary of learning, any society or institution established for the encouragement of the arts, science, or education, or any association of such organizations.”

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Paragraph 1807 of such Act, as amended (19 U.S.C., sec. 1201, par. 1807), is amended to read as follows:

“Par. 1807.

(a)(a)

Original paintings in oil, mineral, water, vitreous enamel, or other colors, pastels, original mosaics, original drawings and sketches in pen, ink, pencil, or watercolors, or works of the free fine arts in any other media including applied paper and other materials, manufactured or otherwise, such as are used on collages, artists’ proof etchings unbound, and engravings and woodcuts unbound, lithographs or prints made by other hand transfer processes unbound, original sculptures or statuary; but the terms ‘sculpture’ and ‘statuary’

Definitions.

as used in this paragraph shall be understood to include professional productions of sculptors only, whether in round or in relief, in bronze, marble, stone, terra cotta, ivory, wood, metal, or other materials, or whether cut, carved, or otherwise wrought by hand from the solid block or mass of marble, stone, alabaster, or from metal, or other material, or cast in bronze or other metal or substance, or from wax or plaster, or constructed from any material or made in any form as the professional productions of sculptors only, and the term ‘original’, as used in this paragraph to modify the words ‘sculptures’ and ‘statuary’, shall be understood to include the original work or model and not more than ten castings, replicas, or reproductions made from the sculptor’s original work or model, with or without a change in scale and regardless of whether or not the sculptor is alive at the time the castings, replicas, or reproductions are completed. The terms ‘painting’, ‘mosaic’, ‘drawing’, ‘work of the free fine arts’, ‘sketch’, “sculpture’, and ‘statuary’, as used in this paragraph, shall not be understood to include any articles of utility or for industrial use, nor such as are made wholly or in part by stenciling or any other mechanical process; and the terms ‘etchings’, ‘engravings’, and ‘woodcuts’, “lithographs’, or ‘prints made by other hand transfer processes’, as used in this paragraph, shall be understood to include only such as are printed by hand from plates, stones, or blocks etched, drawn, or engraved with hand tools and not such as are printed from plates, stones, or blocks etched, drawn, or engraved by photochemical or other mechanical processes.

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“(b)“(b)

Original works of the free fine arts, not provided for in subparagraph (a), subject to such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe as to proof that the article imported represents some school, kind, or medium of the free fine arts. The term ‘original works of the free fine arts’ as used herein shall not be under-stood to include any article of utility or for industrial use.”

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Paragraph 1809 of such Act, as amended (19 U.S.C., sec. 1201, par. 1809), is amended to read as follows:

“Par. 1809.

(a)(a)

Works of art, collections in illustration of the progress of the arts, sciences, agriculture, or manufactures, photographs, works in terra cotta, parian, pottery, or porcelain, antiquities and artistic copies thereof in metal or other material, imported in good faith for exhibition purposes within the territorial limits of the United States by any State or by any society or institution established for the encouragement of the arts, science, agriculture, or education, or for a municipal corporation, and all like articles imported in good faith by any society or association, or for a municipal corporation, for the purpose of erecting a public monument, and not intended for sale nor

Bond requirement.

for any other purpose than herein expressed; but bond shall be given, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, for the payment of lawful duties which may accrue should any of the articles aforesaid be sold, transferred, or used contrary to this paragraph within five years after the date of entry hereunder and such articles shall be subject at any time within such five-year period to examination and inspection by the proper officers of the customs:

Restriction.

Provided, That the privileges of this subparagraph (a) shall not be allowed to associations or corporations engaged in or connected with business of a private or commercial character.

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“(b)“(b)

In connection with the entry of works of art and other articles claimed to be free of duty under this paragraph, surety on bonds may be waived in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury.

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“(c)“(c)

Articles entered under this paragraph may be transferred, subject to such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, from an organization specified in subparagraph (a) to an-other such organization or temporarily to a commercial gallery or other premises for exhibition and not for sale.”

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Paragraph 1811 of such Act, as amended (19 U.S.C., sec. 1201, par. 1811), is amended to read as follows:

“Par. 1811.

(a)(a)

Works of art (except rugs and carpets made after the year 1700), collections in illustration of the progress of the arts, works in bronze, marble, terra cotta, parian, pottery, or porcelain, artistic antiquities, and objects of art of ornamental character or educational value which shall have been produced prior to the year 1830, subject to such regulations as to proof of antiquity as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Picture frames classifiable under this subparagraph may be entered at any port of entry.

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“(b)“(b)

Violins, violas, violoncellos, and double basses, of all sizes, made in the year 1800 or prior year.

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“(c)“(c)

Ethnographic objects made in traditional aboriginal styles and made at least fifty years prior to their date of entry, subject to such regulations as to proof of antiquity as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe.”

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Paragraph 1812 of such Act, as amended (19 U.S.C., sec. 1201, par. 1812), is amended to read as follows:

“Par. 1812.

Gobelin and other hand-woven tapestries fit only for use as wall hangings, and valued at not less than $20 per square foot.”

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This section shall become effective with respect to merchandise

Effective date.

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the thirtieth day after the date of enactment of this Act.

Paragraph 1631(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C., sec. 1201, par. 1631(a)), is further amended by inserting “book binding or cover,” after “book,”.

The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and to articles covered by entries or withdrawals which have not been liquidated or the liquidation of which has not become final on such date of enactment.